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♀ Jean Casselman Wadds
aliasJean Casselman Wadds
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 80%
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Canada 4 1 5
Birth 16 September 1920 → 103 years + 7 months ago
Lived 91 years + 2 months
First mandate 29 September 1958 → 65 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 38 years
Death 25 November 2011 → 12 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 43 years + 5 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
Jean Casselman Wadds (1920–2011)
© Photo 1966 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Arza C. Casselman (1891–1958) Spouse
⊕ W. Earl Rowe (c. 1951–) Nephew  
⊖ William E. Rowe (1894–1984) Father
 
Well that's interesting!
Casselman Wadds, a former Progressive Conservative MP, was Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom during the time of the repatriation of the Constitution. Afterwards, Pierre Trudeau would say of her: "I always said it was thanks to three women that we were eventually able to reform our Constitution. The Queen, who was favourable, Margaret Thatcher, who undertook to do everything that our Parliament asked of her, and Jean Wadds, who represented the interests of Canada so well in London."
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 9 8 22

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Gordon Blair  m 
 
 
Eligible: 22,060 Votes: 15,688 Participation: 71.12% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Ontario
29 September 1958
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24483(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
38
PC
 1/2 10,309 65.71% +4,930 Loser:
LIB
 5,379 34.29% Mark Salmon

Service: 3 years 8 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 17,126 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Ontario
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24599(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
PC
 1/4 10,159 59.32% +3,749 Loser:
LIB
 6,410 37.43% Robert Watters

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,848 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
26		 Ontario
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24863(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
PC
 1/3 10,434 41.99% +3,227 Loser:
LIB
 7,207 29.00% John Palmer

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,980 Votes: 17,549 Participation: 76.37% Candidacies: 3
Federal
27		 Ontario
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25132(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
PC
 1/3 9,845 56.68% +2,915 Loser:
LIB
 6,930 39.90% John Palmer

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 43,980 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Ontario
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9972(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
PC
 2/3 18,843 42.84% -2,407 Winner:
LIB
 21,250 48.32% Gordon Blair

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Jean Casselman Wadds, O.C., M.P.		 06 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Jean Casselman Wadds, O.C., députée		 06 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jean Casselman Wadds		 06 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Mar 2024 22:42 (but data presented dynamically)

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